​It’s that time of the year again! The most prestigious music awards in the Chinese speaking world, the Golden Melody Awards, will be held at Taipei Arena on June 23, and promise to be the most spectacular to date! This, year, the ceremony will be hosted by superstar Jam Hsiao.

Since their initial broadcast in 1990, the GMA’s have strived to recognize industry leaders and innovators from Taiwan and beyond, and have been credited with being the catalysts which rocketed artists such as Mayday and Jay Chou to stardom. Last year, indie band No Party for Cao Dong 草凍咩有排隊 stormed the awards, becoming the first band ever to win the Best New Artist and Best Group awards

Leading the nominees this year are JJ Lin林俊傑 and A-Mei張惠妹, with an astounding six nominations each, for their 2017 albums Message in a Bottle and Story Thief respectively. Also seeing multiple nominations this year are Crowd Lu盧廣仲(4), Lala Hsu (4) and rock outfit Fire E.X 滅火器 (2).

​​Being rewarded for her near 30 year career is Julie Su蘇瑞芬, who at her peak in the 1980s was considered as equally popular as legendary songstress Teresa Teng. Legendary bassist Joy Kuo郭宗韶 will receive a posthumous award for his near 40 year career and services to pop music development in Taiwan.The event will also be broadcast live on youtube on the GMA Official Youtube Channel, so wherever you are in the world, make sure to tune in!See below for a full list of nominees.Let us know who you think should win!